Improvement in steam-pumps for artesian wells



H. W." FAUCETT & A. T. CGMER.

Improvement in Steam-Pumps for Artesi'an Wells.

No. 132,567. PatentedOct. 29,1872.

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ITED STATES PATENT OEFIcE.

HIRAM w. FAUOETT AND ALEXANDER T. OOMER, OF TITUSVILLE, PA.

IMPROVEMENT IN STEAM-PUMPS FOR ARTESIAN WELLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,567, dated October29, 1872.

To all whom it may concern: 7 Be it known that we, HIRAM W. FAUcETT andALEXANDER T. OoMER, ofTitusville, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain Improvements in Steam-Pumps for Artesian Wells; ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to thedrawing hereto annexed, which represents a sectional View.

This invention relates to that class of pumps which are intended toforce the oil from the bottom of an artesian well to the earths surface;and consists, primarily, in the direct and successful application of thesteam or compressed air to the pump itself, (all details not absolutelynecessary to the. exhibition of the principle itself being purposelyomitted.)

In the drawing We have shown the outside ordinary well-casing E E, thepipe Gr extending to the boiler at the surface of the ground andadmitting steam or compressed air to the cylinder, the pipe F alsoextending to the surface of the ground and carrying the oil into a tank;the piston-head B, with the hollow plunger A, working in the casing E Eand around the pipe G the plunger A working through the standards D D D(with packing-boxes not shown, but as ordinarily used) and into thelower pump-socket or barrel K K, having the check-valves O O G. i

The pump when in position is placed at the bottom of the well; the fluidto be raised enters at the openings a a a, and, by the force of thepump, is deposited through the hollow plunger A into the upperair-chamber L, and finally driven to the surface through the pipe F. Thepump is driven by the piston-head B, working in the cylinder M M, thesteam entering the upper and lower ends of the cylinder alternately, asshown, by means of a cut-off, H, worked by the plunger A, suitable openin gs being left for the escape steam in the chamber N.

We do not claim a pump arranged upon the surface of the ground andconnected with 'inder with respect to admission-pipe G and adischarge-pipe, F, for the purpose of raising fluids from wells by theapplication of steam or compressed air, as set forth.

2. The pipe G and cut-off H, in combination with the piston B, cylindersM M, and hollow plunger'A, the several parts arranged within a cylinder,E, for the purpose of raising fluid,

such as oils, from wells by means of steam or compressed air or otherelastic fluid.

3. The barrel K provided with a valve, 0, in combination with the hollowpiston A and its valve, substantially as described, said parts beingarranged within a cylinder, E, for the purpose of raising fluids, suchas oils, from wells by means of steam or compressed air or otherequivalent elastic fluids, as described.

4. A hollow piston arranged within a cylinder, E, and guided instandards D D, substantially as described, in combination with the.chamber L and exit-pipe F, barrel K, cylinders M, pipe G, and'cut-offH, for raising oil from artesian wells by means of steam or compressedair.

5. The manner herein described of raising liquids to the surface fromoil or artesian wells, the same consisting in directly applying a steamor compressed air-pump, constructed, substantially as herein described,at or near the bottom of such wells, substantially in the manner hereinshown and specified.

HIRAM W. FAUOETT. ALEXANDER T. GOMER.

Witnesses ARCHIE R. GRAY, 0. KERN.

